A common misconception is that Alzheimer’s disease and dementia are the same illness. Medical News Today (MNT) explains that Alzheimer’s is a disease that causes the brain to forget how to make the body function until the organs shut down. By contrast, dementia, as defined by MNT, is a collective term used to describe a variety of […]

According to the Earthquake Report website, since midnight, Sept. 26, 2015, there have been more than 24 quakes or aftershocks around the world. The most significant was reported in Chile. The rumblings began at approximately 12:08 a.m. UTC, in Coquimbo, Chile with a magnitude of 3.7. Two hours later, Coquimbo recorded a 6.4 tremor and […]

Harry S. Truman High School was evacuated this morning, Sept. 25, 2015, as a result of a bomb threat written on a bathroom mirror. Some details have been released. Among them was a Facebook post which read, “Students have been evacuated, and police are on the scene conducting an active investigation.” This is the school’s second threat this year. The previous […]